Improvement in children s carriages



E. EGKART. Ohilds Carriage.

No. 218,004. Patented July 29,1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

EMIL EQKART, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ADOLPH SHOENINGER, OFSAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,004, dated July 29,1879; application filed May 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL ECKART, of Ohicago, in the county of (Jook andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in FoldingOhildrens Carriages, which is fully described in the followingspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs,forming part thereof.

This invention has for its object to so construct a childs carriage thatit may be folded when not in use, and that it will answer the purpose ofa childs high chair; and it consists in the novel and peculiarconstruction and combination of the various parts, as more fullyhereinafter set forth, and indicated in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the carriagewhen it is extend d and ready for the child to occupy the same, and Fig.2 represents a side view of the carriage when folded for storing away orfor suspending it to the wall.

Like letters in the several figures of the drawings designate likeparts.

A A are two bow-shaped wooden rails, which form the back for the seatand the front reaches for the running-gear, and are connected bycross-rods a and b, by back-board 0, foot-board d, and front axle, e andF F are two S-shaped wooden rails, which form the tablesupport and therear reaches for the running-gear, and are connected by cross-rod f andrear axle, g, a sufficient distance farther apart for the jointed railsA A to be placed between the same and both rails A and F are pivotallyconnected at about their centers, each pair by a semi-spherically-headedwoodscrew, h, so that the same will operate in the manner of a camp orfolding chair, a piece of carpet, i, being secured upon and between thecross-rods b and f, which will limit the extending movement of thechair, and will be stretched thereby to form the seat for the child.

The axles e and 9 being secured in the lower ends of the rails A and F,the rear axle, g, has mounted upon its projecting endstwo carriage-wheels, K; and the front wheels, I, which are of less diameter than therear wheels, are placed upon the axle 6, between the rails A, a collaron said axle for each wheel holding the same laterally in position.

A table-board, m, is secured with its ends upon the ends of two curvedbars, a, so as to occupy a position about parallel therewith, and saidbars to project rearward rectangularly from under said table board.These arms a are pivoted with their opposite ends externally against therails A A, so as to enable said table to be swung upward over the back,and to be suspended thereto to lie either against the front or rear ofthe carriageframe while said carriage is in a folded condition. Thistable m, when the carriage is extended, rests upon the upper extremitiesof rails F, when it affords a support for the toy or the dishes of thechild, and While it furnishes a forward guard, the bars at will formarm-rests and side guards for holding the child in its seat.

A carriage as above described will furnish the same comfort to a childas a perambulator of the usual construction. It is very light forhandling and moving about, and at the same time it offers all theadvantages of a childs high chair to be placed in the room.

For transportation or for storing away, the carriage can be foldedwithin a small compass.

As will be readily seen, such carriages can be made to be very strongand durable at a proportionally small cost of manufacture, so as to bein reach of people with a small income; and on account of their neatappearance and their folding faculty, persons having to take care ofchildren while riding to a park or country place can take such acarriage with them into the cars, for having the use of the same afterarrival.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A folding carriage substantially as described, and composed of thepivotally-connected rails A F, cross-rods b f, stretcherseat 6,foot-board d, axles e g, and wheels K I, the several parts beingconstructed and arranged to operate in the manner set forth.

2. A folding carriage composed of the .pivotally-connected rails A F,cross-rods b f, seat c', foot-board d, axles e and g, and wheels K I,and having the table m secured upon pivotal rails n, the whole beingconstructed and arranged to operate substantially in the mannerdescribed and shown.

EMIL EGKART.

Witnesses:

Gus. A. WUNDERLE, EMIL H. FRoMMANN.

